Cash-carrier



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

JAMES F. BARTLETT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE CHICAGO CASHCARRIER COMPANY, OF ILLINOIS.

CAS H-CARRI ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,681, dated October4, 1892.

Application iiled May 12, 1892. Serial No. 432.755. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern: its ends by turnbuckles or equivalent devices5o Be it known that I, JAMES F. BARTLETT, of to a supporting wall orstandard. C )n this Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Il linois,Wire I mount permanently the traveling Cal have invented a new anduseful Improveor carriage B, provided with two sustaining ment inCash-Carriers, of which the following wheels B2, arranged to ride uponthe wire, so

is itSl)@\3 32\'iC I1 I that the car may move with ease and ,free- 55 Myinvention relates to that class of cash dom. p and parcel carriersdesigned mainly for store- To the car I connect a detachable cup orservice, in which a wheeled carrier provided receptacle BV', designed toreceive the change 1o with a detachable box or receptacle is aror otherarticles to be transported. This cup ranged to travel to and fro on asustainingmay be attached to the car in any .suitable 6o wire. manner.As represented in the drawings, the

The invention has in View the simpliicacup is provided at the upper edgewith protion of the apparatus, the stoppage of the carjecting studs orpins arranged to enter L- riage at the end of its movement withcershaped slots iii a circular flange on the bottainty and in anoiseless manner, and the tom of the car, after the manner ofabayonetpropulsion of the carriage by a manual dejoint. vice operatingWithout the assistance of At each end of the line I provide a buffersprings, catches, or othercomplicated devices. D in the form of acollapsible chamber of zo With these ends in View I provide at eachrubber or other elastic material. These bufend of the Wireway a bufferconsisting of a fers are preferably mounted upon aiid'around 7ocollapsible sack or chamber provided with a the wire A, as shown in thedrawings, in order shoulder or its equivalent to interlock with that itmay serve as a support therefor. At the incoming car. I construct thecar with a their rear sides these chambers are preferably 2 5 frame, theends of which encircle the sustainfixed upon the wire but at the forwardside ing-Wire and which are adapted to automatior side toward the carthey are eachformed cally engage with the shoulder ofthe buffer with aprojecting -neck or shoulder d', aras the car reaches the terminalstation. ranged to slide freely around the wire and For the purpose ofpropelling the car I adapted to serve as a buffer or cushion 3o make useof a handle or liandpiece, consistagainst which the end of the incomingcar ing simply of an arm having one end adapted may iinpinge. To theneck of the buffer I to loosely encircle the wire, so that it maybeattach an outwardly-extending tube sliding suspended freely thereon whennot in use, freely around the Wire and terminating at its and carriedforward against the car with a outer end in a conical head C, having anan- 3 5 sweeping motion to impel the car over the line, nular shoulder cat its inner end. The frame as hereinafter more fully explained. of thecarriage is adapted to encircle the Referring to the accompanyingdrawings, Wire at its two ends, and is provided at the Figure lrepresents in side elevation the car, end with openings d of suiiicieiitsize to perone end of the sustaining-wire, the buffer, mit the head C topass therethrough and to 4o and its connections. Fig. 2 is top plan viewpermit the carriage to belifted independently of the car. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal central to disengage it from the head. As the O l 9vertical section through the parts represented approaches the terminalpoint the end of its in Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of theframe rides over the head C upon the neck propelling device, and Fig. 5is a cross-secc and against the neck of the buffer, whlch,

45 tion on the line 5 5, Figs. l and 2. yielding by reason of itselasticity and by In carrying my invention into effect I exreason of theleakage of air through the neck, tend a Wire or cord A under suitabletension serves to arrest the momentum of the ear in between the counterand the cashieifs desk or an easy and noiseless manner. The end of otherterminal stations, securing the same at the car, after passing over theneck, falls be hind its shoulder c in the manner indicated in Fig. 3,whereby the car is prevented from4 rebounding and returning along theline.

Each end of the car-frame is extended upward and outward in the form ofan ear a', by means of which the end of the frame may be lifted so as todisengage the same from the shoulder c, that the car may be drivenforward on its return-course. This unlocking of the car and itsimpulsion over the line may be effected by hand or by mechanism of anysuitable character; but I recommend the employment of an impellingdevice substantially such as shown in Fig. 4, consisting of a bent rodor wire provided with a suitable handle at the lower end and having itsupper end bent into the form of a ring, preferably with an opening onone side that it may be conveniently hooked upon or removed from thewireway. I commonly engage this device around the wire at or near thebuffer D, between the buffer and the carriage. Vhen the carriage is tobe driven forward, the handle of the impelling device is grasped and itsupper end engaged, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, beneath the lip aof the carriage, so as to lift the latter over the neck c', thus leavingthe carriage free. As a continuation of the same action and with asweeping or swinging motion the upper end of the arm is carried forwardagainst the rear end of the carriage, which is thereby caused to advanceover the line with sufficient velocity to reach the station at theopposite end.

It Will be observed that the conical head C is in effect simply a detentor catch to hold the car from reacting after contact with the buffer,and it is apparent that it maybe modified in form within the range ofmechanical skill, provided it is adapted to operatewith essentially theeffect described, the only essential requirement being that the car andthe detent shall be adapted to unlock automatically.

It is evident that the operativeness of my apparatus is notI aifected bythe-lateral swinging or vibration of the carriage, and that the latterwill engage the detent whether hanging vertically or swung to one side;also, that when engaged with the detent it may be swung laterally to anyextent without danger of becoming disengaged, since thereturning-shoulder extends entirely around the neck.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim is- I. In acash-carrier, the combination of a way, a car arranged to travelthereover, a co1- lapsible elastic buffer in the path of the car 3. In acash-carrier, the combination of the l wire, the car mounted thereon,the collapsible chamber or buffer, and the shouldered neck attached tothe chamber or buffer and adapted to engage and hold the car.

4. In a cash-carrier, the combination of the wireway, a car movablethereon, a collapsible elastic buer mounted on and sustained by the wireto check the movement of the advancing car, and the shouldered neckconnected'to the buer and adapted to enter an opening in the car andinterlock therewith.

' 5. In a cash-carrier, the combination of the wireway, the shoulderedneck or detent thereon, the carriage provided with the opening to admitthe detent and with the lip lprojecting longitudinally beyond thecarrier by which to lift the latter out of engagement, and a liftingdevice on the way for raising the carriage.

6. In a cash-carrier, the wireway and the car thereon, in combinationwith the collapsible chamber having the tubular neck, and the conicalhead or detent adapted to slide loosely upon the wire.

7. In a cash-carrier, the combination of a wireway or track, an annularshouldered detent thereon encircling the same, and a carriage having inits end a shouldered opening to receive and engage said detent.

8. In Va cash-carrier, the combination of a wireway or track, a detentencircling the same and comprising a cylindrical neck and a taperedhead, and a carriage having in its end a shouldered opening to receiveand engage said detent and capable of swinging around the same.

9. In a cash-carrier, and in combination with a way and a car thereon, abuffer consisting of an elastic sack provided with a vent to permit theescape of air under theimpact of the car.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 12th day of May, 1892,in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

JAMES F. BARTLETT.

Witnesses:

W. R. KENNEDY, RAYMOND F. BARNES.

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